Eleven minutes pdf book is the masterpiece of Brazilian author Paulo Coelho. This novel is based on a fictional account of a woman named Maria who lives in Rio, but moves to Geneva. She is poor and has to do menial jobs to survive in Geneva. She has accepted her life in this way and keeps on going with it displaying great strength.

The quest for physical pleasure leads her into some interesting situations, where she tries to find her own body and desires. She crosses path with a young painter. She is instantly smitten by his charm and he is captivated by Maria too. This honest tale of a woman's journey to understand her physically and emotionally is bound to keep you hooked till the last page. The descriptions are vivid and yet leave a lot to the imagination.

You cannot categorize rather it will stir your soul and will force you to think and look within. Maria is not alone in this experience and many of us share it at some point or the other. Paulo Coelho deals with the complex and taboo issues love and a combination of both. How well can one keep the physical desire and platonic love boxed together in one relationship forms.